All good points and propositions for sure.
The harsh reality we're confronted with in this era is the glaring absence of strongly enforced, impartial rules, and fair-minded regulations. How can anyone know who to recruit or who to trust in this laissez faire wild-west-anything-goes period of college athletics where Big Schools and Big TV make all the decisions? Where's the NCAA...or Marshall Dillon? The only reason Webster still includes the word integrity is to define something we're missing. We're sitting ducks and for now no matter what we cook up, there's a monster waiting out there with big teeth and a big appetite ready to gobble it up.
We all yearn for better days and better ways. Let's keep searching. For now,we can share that rarely taken path with legendary coach, Pat Summit who said, "Here's how I'm going to beat you. I'm going to outwork you. That's it. That's all there is to it."